Rhetorical Devices

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What is a metaphor?

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A rhetorical device that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is understatement?

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A rhetorical device that minimizes the significance of something or says less than it means.

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What is a simile?

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A rhetorical device that makes a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is epistrophe?

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The repetition of words at the end of a line or phrase.

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What is personification?

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A rhetorical device that assigns human qualities to something that is not human.

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What is hyperbole?

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An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What is juxtaposition?

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A rhetorical device that places two contrasting elements together to highlight their differences.

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What is parallelism?

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The use of similar structures in two or more phrases or clauses to show that ideas have the same level of importance.

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What is anaphora?

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.